Which phone is better overall?

iPhone 5

Samsung Galaxy s3

Just took a look at some of the plans in the states and all i have to say is, my god. Companies like Verizon and AT&T really have you guys by the balls. 70 bucks for the most standard iphone plan and for only 3 gigs? sheesh. My plan right now in Canada is only $56 with 6 gigs and thats arguably not the best I could do plan wise with Rogers

Just took a look at some of the plans in the states and all i have to say is, my god. Companies like Verizon and AT&T really have you guys by the balls. 70 bucks for the most standard iphone plan and for only 3 gigs? sheesh. My plan right now in Canada is only $56 with 6 gigs and thats arguably not the best I could do plan wise with Rogers

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Some ridiculous profiteering going on here from our friends down at Cupertino, particularly when you look at the price differentials between the 16/32/64gb versions. How much is a Class 10 MicroSD card?

When you actually think about the total cost of the phone over the entire length of the contract, its pretty insane money. I could buy a brand new super slim Ultrabook for that together with marginally lower end phone.

Just took a look at some of the plans in the states and all i have to say is, my god. Companies like Verizon and AT&T really have you guys by the balls. 70 bucks for the most standard iphone plan and for only 3 gigs? sheesh. My plan right now in Canada is only $56 with 6 gigs and thats arguably not the best I could do plan wise with Rogers

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I'm currently on Sprints unlimited data plan on my iPhone 5 - $80/ mo and I get a corporate discount of 20% on top of that so I'm making out pretty good.

Verizon is terrible with their data charges, great network but not worth the extra $ IMO. I might not have LTE (yet) but I'm perfectly happy with my data speeds for the money I pay.

And $56 a month is a steal. Verizon, a.k.a pricegougingmachine charges
$100 per month for 2GB and 1 phone + tax
$110 per month for 3GB and 1 phone + tax
... and so on.

For me, no phone is worth buying for that kind of shared plan. Even, if we consider a 2GB limited data plan, it amounts to $720 extra money over 2 years than I am currently paying for a $70 per month unlimited 3G data on Verizon. Ergo, I'm sticking with old secondhand phones for as long as Verizon allows me to steer away from their Share Everything Crap.

I use wifi a lot so 2 gigs is plenty for me. I love the coverage of Verizon. I had to spend extra for a signal booster from sprint so I actually spend less now. It's a far far better experience so for me.

I use wifi a lot so 2 gigs is plenty for me. I love the coverage of Verizon. I had to spend extra for a signal booster from sprint so I actually spend less now. It's a far far better experience so for me.

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It truly is the superior device. I have asked the moderators to close the thread since the decision has been made.

maybe the feel the S line is getting too big and they want to stay in the marketplace for smaller phones (women shoppers)...

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I totally understand making a 4" screen phone, I just don't understand why they made it suck so much. Crappy screen res, crappy camera, no LTE, watered down processor, tiny battery by Android standards...

There's a market for people who want top end phones that are 4" screens. No reason to make it a 2011 release that will come out in late 2012.

I totally understand making a 4" screen phone, I just don't understand why they made it suck so much. Crappy screen res, crappy camera, no LTE, watered down processor, tiny battery by Android standards...

There's a market for people who want top end phones that are 4" screens. No reason to make it a 2011 release that will come out in late 2012.

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Its not even slated to even land in the US. People in the US just want the biggest, fastest or most powerful device they can get their hands on regardless of how big and hideous it is.

This is how mine is at home...Not so much at work because of the weaker signal.

2.5 hours of use, 17 hours of standby right now, and I'm at 70%. I'm not complaining, my old phone would have been dead by now, lol. But when I'm at home on WiFi, or out on a solid, consistent LTE signal I'd probably be at 80% instead of 70.

Same here..if you go to settings > Mail> fetch new data. you will have push turned on. go to fetch and check mark "manually". then click advanced and set your work account to manual.

What happens then is whenever you open your mail app you will get your new work mail. If that is ok with you, your battery life will improve by a ton. I still get my gmail pushed so when I open it up to check it, I get my new work mail as well.